The Magazine of Tau Kappa Epsilon Summer 2004 LIFE LOYAL TEKE Membership Surpasses 500 and the Life Loyal Teke Online Community is born au Kappa Epsilon is proud to announce that in the first year of the Life Loyal Teke program, more than 500 Fraters have stepped forward and embraced the program and its purpose – to Thelp advance the mission of the Fraternity. Along with this great announcement regarding membership in the program, the Fraternity is also proud to announce the birth of the Life Loyal Teke Online Community which can be found at www.tke.org/LLT. The LLT Online Community will be the home of the Life Loyal Teke online job center, where Life Loyal members will be able to search for and post job opportunities. Moreover, it will become the virtual LLT chapter house where members throughout the world will be able to come together to share ideas, socialize, network, and receive communication from the Fraternity about what is going on throughout the Grand Chap- ter. The LLT Online Community is a first in the Greek World and is an example of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s dedication to providing our members with new and innovative services to better their overall experience. The LLT Online Community is just one of the many benefits that members receive when they enroll in the Life Loyal Teke program. If you are not cur- rently a Life Loyal Teke and are inter- ested in finding out more about the program or the LLT Online Community, go to www.tke.org/LLT and log in as a guest and take a “test drive.” LLT is more than just a program – it is a vision for a better, stronger, and healthier Fraternity, and the LLT Online Commu- nity is one of the mechanisms that will be employed to help the Fraternity make the LLT vision a reality. Join with more than 500 of your fellow Fraters and help TKE realize the vision that is Life Loyal Teke. (Left to right) Life Loyal Tekes Bryan Hansen, Grand Prytanis Mark C. Romig, Brad Benjamin, and Mike Smith. 2 THE TEKESUMMER 2004 Contents International Headquarters Summer 2004 • VOLUME 97 • NUMBER 3 Tau Kappa Epsilon, 8645 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268-1336 Telephone 317/872-6533 • FAX 317/875-8353 http://www.tke.org 8 Features The Teke Staff 2 Life Loyal Teke Chief Executive Officer Membership Surpasses 500 Kevin M. Mayeux, CAE (G-Q) Vice President & General Manager 4 State of the Fraternity: Brian T. Ferber, CAE (G-Q) The Tau Kappa Epsilon Annual Report Director of Chapter Services E-I Michael A. Mokros ( ) 6 Move the Needle: Director of Administration Erik L. Glenn (G-B) TKE Gets into Full Gear for a Membership Explosion Director of Communications Heather N. Redeske 25 7 Offices of the Grand Chapter Staff Production Manager A mini-directory for contacting members of the profes- Katie Sayre sional staff 2003-2005 Grand Council 8 Remembering Reagan Grand Prytanis A tribute to Frater Ronald W. Reagan Mark C. Romig, APR, CFC (Q-M) Grand Epiprytanis 16 Alumni Spotlights Mark A. Fite, CFC (D-X) Fraters Mark Johnson, Marc Benioff & John Hutto Grand Grammateus Robert I. McMurry (B-S) Chapter Installations Grand Crysophylos 20 Mark K. Johnson (N-Q) 18 Berkeley, Loyola-Chicago & Angelo State Grand Histor Brian C. M. Barrett (K-C) 22 2003-04 TKE Award Winners Grand Hypophetes Top TKE Chapter, Most Improved Chapter, Top O-N Julius J. Edelmann, CFC ( ) Tekes, Awards of Excellence and International Sweetheart Grand Pylortes Charles J. Trabold, CFC (K-K) Grand Hegemon 30 TKE Educational Foundation Dr. Herbert L. Songer (A-U) Ronald Reagan Leadership Award THE TEKE (ISSN 1527-1331) is an educational journal published quarterly in spring, summer, fall and winter Departments for $10.00 per year by Tau Kappa Epsilon (a fraternal society), 8645 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Periodicals Class postage paid at Indianapolis, IN and ad- 30 17 Volunteers ditional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to THE TEKE, 18 Chapter News 8645 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. All alumni fraters who donate $10 or more to the TKE Educational 26 With the Alumni Foundation, Inc. will receive a one-year subscription to THE TEKE. It's our way of saying thank you and of Chapter Eternal keeping you informed regarding what's going on in your 28 Fraternity today. Vision Statement The TKE Vision is to be the best lifelong collegiate social fraternity; Mission Statement ISAE and CFEA Honor TKE with Awards The TKE Mission is to aid men in their mental, moral, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity received two STAR Awards from the Indiana Society of Associa- and social development for life; tion Executives (ISAE) during the Holiday STAR Celebration December 4 at the Indianapolis Marriott Purpose Statement Downtown. The STAR – or Society’s Top Association Recognition – awards are given to associations The TKE Purpose is to contribute to the advancement of through a rigorous application and judging process to recognize outstanding accomplishments in society through the personal growth of our members, and service to others. the field of association management. TKE was honored with the 2003 ISAE STAR Award distinc- tion of Best Membership Recruitment Campaign for its “Redefining Fraternity” campaign, which has ON THE COVER: TKE remembers Frater Ronald W. provided members with the right tools to communicate what membership in TKE is all about. TKE Reagan, 40th President of the United States. This issue is was also presented the 2003 ISAE STAR Award distinction of Best Membership Directory for The dedicated to men across the nation who have touched and improved the lives of others. Teke Guide, which contains a detailed explanation of programs and traditions of our Fraternity. At the 2003-2004 publications awards competition in May, the College Fraternity Edtiors As- © 2004 Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Inc. sociation (CFEA) awarded THE TEKE Magazine first place for its Human Interest Article on Mark Sterner. The article, titled Out of the Abyss, was written by Director of Communications Heather Redeske and appeared in the winter 2004 issue. SUMMER 2004 THE TEKE 3 STATE OF THE FRATERNITY: The Tau Kappa Epsilon Annual Report By Mark C. Romig, APR, CFC, Grand Prytanis and Kevin M. Mayeux, CAE, Chief Executive Officer Romig Mayeux n order to have a transparent opera- these key roles. Each GPA and PA is a mem- ter provide tools for our chapters to grow tion and better inform each of our ber of our regional servicing team, serving as their membership at the local level. Imembers about how the Fraternity is a volunteer staff member for TKE. performing, TKE issues an annual report. Peer Recognition: TKE was This report contains information about our Programming: This past year, TKE 5recognized by the Indiana Society of operations, membership statistics, and 2held a successful Conclave in Irving, Association Executives as having the progress made over the course of the past Texas which included solid educational pro- state’s best membership guide (The Teke year. We hope that it will be useful to all gramming as part of the TKE Institute as well Guide) and top marketing/image campaign Tekes, and supporters of our Fraternity, to as being a lot of fun for the 525 Fraters who (Redefining Fraternity). Director of Com- evaluate where we are situated today and attended. In the spring, we held three Regional munications Heather Redeske’s in-depth where we’re heading. Leadership Conferences and had more than story on Frater Mark Sterner also earned This past year had produced some 500 Tekes participate in these activities. Two the College Fraternity Editor’s Association mixed results for TKE. On the finance, Hundred Seventy-Two men attended the RLC award for best human interest article in a risk management, and long-term planning in St. Louis, making it one of the largest re- fraternity magazine. side, our Fraternity has made some major gional meetings in our Fraternity’s history. The leaps forward. We’ve grown our equity TKE Leadership Academy, sponsored by the Life Loyal Teke: Our new for- position, operated in the black for the TKE Educational Foundation, hosted 28 chap- 6ward-thinking program successfully fourth year in a row, seen a measurable ter leaders at Bradford Woods during the sum- enrolled 531 members this past year, reach- increase in our alumni advisor ranks, and mer. ing the “best case scenario” envisioned by successfully launched the Life Loyal Teke the LLT committee. Life Loyal Teke has (LLT) program. However, our paid ini- Risk Management: In 2003-04, the forwarded funds to the TKE Educational tiate numbers have decreased slightly, and 3Fraternity had the lowest number of claims Foundation which has helped establish we experienced a drop in our reported ac- filed since 1995. Tekes across the continent 170 chapter scholarship funds, as well as tive collegiate members this past year. It did a fine job of following risk management build a communications reserve so that is our hope that our longer-term investment guidelines, and our greatly improved loss-ra- TKE can keep in touch with every Life in growing our volunteer servicing corps tio has resulted in an overall decrease in our Loyal Teke member. An on-line commu- as well as better engaging our members in insurance premiums for the upcoming year. nity and job board will be launched prior the Fraternity for Life through the LLT We’re making progress in lowering the aver- to this report’s distribution, which will help program will help us yield better member- age $250 insurance bill that each collegiate Tekes enrolling in the program keep better ship numbers in the current year.